Inputs by Alekhya Chavan What is NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft? NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is on a special mission to explore asteroids, which are small rocky objects…
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Scientists make calculations about the Moon’s inner core and the lunar mantle
Report by Prashasti Kulkarni Back in 1969, on July 16th, a spacecraft named Apollo 11 was successfully launched from Cape Kennedy to land on the…
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Webb detects a large plume from Saturn’s moon
Report by Swasti Sharma A water vapour plume from Saturn’s moon Enceladus spanning more than 6,000 miles (9600 kilometres) has been detected by researchers using NASA’s James Webb…
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Two new planets discovered which might lie in the habitable zone
Report by Swasti Sharma An international group of researchers has discovered two new planets with masses comparable to that of Earth. This team was led…
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Save the date: NASA unveils list of first targets for JWST, Watch them live on July 12
Report by Swasti Sharma NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the most recent launch by NASA. It is the product of collaboration between NASA (National Aeronautics and…
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Why are strange signals coming from an exoplanet? Scientists present a theory
Report by Shuci Giridhar An exoplanet displayed a strange phenomenon. Its brightness dipped (reduced) very suddenly. After that, it also emitted strange signals. This puzzled…
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TurkSat 5B of Turkey launched in Space
Report by Amey Haldankar Space X launched a Turkish communication satellite, TürkSat 5B, last Sunday. The launch took place at Space Launch Complex 40 at…
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Parker Solar Probe entered sun’s atmosphere in April 2021 for the first time
Report by Hima Sutha The Parker Solar Probe is a probe (a spacecraft that doesn’t carry astronauts and accumulatesinformation) launched by NASA with the mission…
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Ultrahot Jupiter Found in a Remote Solar System
About 855 light-years away, in a remote solar system, scientists have found a planet that orbits its star in only 16 hours. This is one…
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